Schooled
Theme of the Last Three Weeks: Getting Schooled (ok not for LL, but he’s about to learn a whole lot soon!) I never understood why parents said they cried about kindergarten starting. It’s the next adventure, I said! Your kid is ready for this, I said! They’ll make great friends, I said! It’s such a fun age, I said! Well, let’s just say that while acknowledging their accuracy, I ate those words for breakfast - along with some delicious quiche and fruit- while sporadically leaking into more tears with mama friends at a “boo hoo” breakfast after dropping Addie off for her first day of kindergarten. Sure, I was absolutely excited and proud and thrilled for my kiddo to start her next adventure. But one forgets how creative a parent’s imagination can be when feeling both hopeful and nervous for their child. I had an impressive list of worries going that included but were not limited to: her being scared, getting lost on the way to the bathroom, ease of making friends, a sch...